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aries with a white spot near the base^ forming a second and 

 larger bar ; tail dark reddish brown, becoming fuscous brown 

 on the laterals, all but the four central quills tipped with 

 white, the outermost broadly : " iris brown ; beak black ; 

 feet pink." Length 196 mm., wing 77, tail 90, culmen 13, 

 tarsus 37. 



"Female: July 9th, 1896; contents of stomach, insects. 

 Native name ' Kueto.' ''•' 



Apart from the differences of colouring, I judge, from the 

 shortness of the bill and the proportions of the tarsus, wing, 

 and tail, that this is not the female of either D. beccarii, 

 Salvad., or D. brevicauda, mihi, and give it a distinctive 

 name accordingly. 



30. Crateroscelis Montana, sp. nov. 



Fledgeling. Upper surface and tail rather bright rufous 

 brown, upper tail-coverts still more rufous ; head greenish 

 grey ; beneath grey, streaked with whitish tips on chin and 

 throat ; upper breast dusky grey, with blackish shaft-stripes ; 

 lower flanks and abdomen washed with rufous ; under tail- 

 coverts dark rufous ; wing fuscous brown, edges of second- 

 aries uniform with back, extreme edges of primaries greyish 

 brown ; inner primaries and secondaries beneath edged with 

 rufous ; metacarpal edge fawn, streaked Avith dark shaft- 

 stripes ; front and lores blackish ; orbital ring and some 

 feathers above and below it buffy white : bill brownish black ; 

 feet greyish brown. Length 130 mm., wing Qo, tail 30, 

 culmen 20, tarsus 20. 



A larger bird than C. murina ; I am inclined to think that 

 when we know it in its adult condition we shall recognize 

 in it a true Brachypteryx, according to Horsfield's definition 

 of that genus. Described from a spirit-specimen. 



Fam. PLOcEiDiE. 



31. MUNTA MONTICOLA, Sp. nOV. 



Male. Above dusky chestnut, somewhat paler and duller 

 on hind neck and occiput, from this forward gradually 

 darker, on forehead nearly black ; rump purer and brighter 

 chestnut ; upper tail-coverts and edges of middle rectrices 



